Serologic reactivity of a synthetic peptide from human immunodeficiency virus type 1 gp41 with sera from a Mexican population

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 651-653

  Gevorkian, Goar ^a,c   Soler, Carmen ^b   Viveros, Monica ^a   Padilla, Alejandro ^a   Govezensky, Tzipe ^a   Larralde, Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

^b SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 41; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0029860095     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.3.6.651-653.1996     Document Type: Article

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